The twister that ripped through the northwest Texas town Wednesday killed four people and injured 15 others.
storm survey released Saturday
by the NWS office in Lubbock, Texas, the twister touched down north of Matador at 7:51 p.m. and was on the ground for 9.4 miles while it carved a winding path of destruction through the town. It dissipated near a rest stop south of town about 20 minutes later. Surveyors found damage that indicated the cyclone had maximum winds of 165 mph, placing it in the EF-3 range of theOriginally, authorities reported nine people were injured by the twister. However, the NWS' storm survey showed 15 injuries had been attributed to the tornado.Residents of the town told FOX Weather’s Will Nunley that they believe a third of the town of less than a thousand people had been destroyed.
"There’s some great people who got hit all the way down through here," Leslie Jameson, a Matador resident, said Thursday. "I can’t – It’s just hard to describe. We’re just sitting here kind of dumbfounded. Don’t know where to start or what to do, but we’ve got to start somewhere."
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